Mild head injury: Neuropathology, sequelae, measurement and recovery

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-184

  King, Nigel ^a,b  

^a RIVERMEAD REHABILITATION CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FORCE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030960362     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01405.x     Document Type: Review

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